Throwback Thursday: Facts, history behind 750-foot Tower of the Americas

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My best freind's dad's company was part of pouring the concrete for the foundation,he said cement truck's poured for 24 hours.

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Nice

[@rr7firefly]

The building is actually only 622 feet to the top of the roof. One usually does not include an antenna at the top as part of the building's height. There is a building in China, the Goldin Finance Tower in Tianjin that is 1958 feet tall. That's roughly 3.2 times taller than the Tower of the Americas. As a point of reference, the towers on the Golden Gate Bridge stand 754 feet above the water's surface.

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Even so it is still the tallest it actually was the tallest building in America before another tower took that.

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@@BoltOkamiVtuber Where are you getting your pro San Antonio information? The Chamber of Commerce?

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@@rr7firefly lived here for years bud.

[@rr7firefly]

@@BoltOkamiVtuber I grew up in San Antonio but moved away after college. I wanted to live in a World Class City with lots of World Class amenities. Fiesta, the Rodeo, the Spurs just can't match what great cities have to offer.

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i went there yestarday